Artistic Endeavors

RN, BSN, freelance illustrator, and a lover of hamsters. Please do not steal, repost, redistribute, or tamper with my artwork. Thank you. Buy me a coffee! http://ko-fi.com/gabbiegallery

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Falling for Ms. Penelope Featherington 💛🌼✨

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Are we not friends? ✨

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Penelope Featherington 💛🌼✨

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Hello again, tumblr! 💗

It's been ages since I've been here. How is everyone? (You may be speaking into the void Gabs, haha.) Despite everything, I truly hope you're all doing well 💗

I had the intrusive thought this morning to revisit this app (Nowadays I'm mainly on IG, tiktok, and most recently threads). So much has changed (with the world and with my life), but it also feels like going back home after a long trip and flipping through an old journal I left behind. It's definitely odd to be here again! And yet, it brings a strange nostalgic feeling to see all my old art posts!

Not sure if this was some sort of sign, but perhaps I'll pick up this little art blog again from time to time. If you're still here from a few years back, hello and thank you for sticking around! And if you happened to stumble on my old art posts since I left (mainly Free! and makoharu haha), thank you for giving those pieces love!

Hope to reconnect with some of you here, or maybe even make new connections in the near future 🌿 Until the next post, take care!

💗 Gabs

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Punzie and Pascal! 💗💐🦎 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bszmbuphsgf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=36v1c0e6yd0y

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Warm-up doodle tonight. I actually finished my first playthrough of Detroit earlier this month and I made it my mission to keep everyone alive, especially (deviant) Connor. I love him so much!! Any other Detroit fans out there? 😍💙 https://www.instagram.com/p/BszNqdejpB2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dir61hjugbfv

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One of my goals for 2019 is to be more mindful of myself, so I started bullet journaling! 📓💗 Here’s the first page of mine. I originally wanted to go for a design/theme, but then I thought, “Why bother, Gabs? You’re a perfectionist. Focusing on the aesthetics will just stress you out!” So I decided to keep things simple as to make it feel less like a task and more of an activity to reflect and document my favorite memories. I truly hope I can make this a daily habit!

Do any of you gems have bullet journals too? If so, do you find it a therapeutic activity? Do you use a variety of pens, markers, washi tape, stickers, photos, etc? Do you carry your journals with you everywhere you go? I’d love to hear how journaling is helping you! 💗 https://www.instagram.com/p/BsupVB4h6WX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fgv8o3s7vgnf

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Even when surrounded by darkness, may you always radiate warmth and light 🌟 Wishing you all a happy new year! Thank you for your continued support for my art. May 2019 be a year of internal peace and happiness, a year of pursuing new artistic endeavors, and a year of tremendous personal growth 💖 Best wishes, my gems! https://www.instagram.com/p/BsAa6qHh_oE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o4q120271irz

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Didn’t get a chance to say this yesterday, but Merry Christmas my lovely gems! Jess and I hope all of you celebrated the holidays surrounded by loved ones and yummy food! Sending our warmest wishes! 💝 https://www.instagram.com/p/Br30VlthMsp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=89ok9e2t7u9r

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“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” character-designs by Shiyoon Kim. Pre-order the artbook : Amazon USA / France / Canada / UK

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Hello, my gems 💕

I haven’t been so active on tumblr for some time now. Sorry about that! Been busy with nursing school, my grads, and reviewing for the NCLEX. But with the changes that will be happening on this platform, I thought it would be good to share other places where you can find me. If you enjoy my art, please consider finding me on instagram. Thank you so much!

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Overgrowth 🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWPWgzhrcR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1aqmnisjg9lue

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Hi gabbie! first of all, congratulations on passing your exams!! that's fantastic! i've been considering the option to apply for nursing school myself, but am still unsure if it's really for me. what worries me a lot are things like washing patients etc, that i might find the contact with bodily fluids disgusting. i don't mind blood, don't get me wrong. it's just that it's hard to judge if i can deal with that kinda thing. how did you learn to handle it?

Hi, lovely anon! Thank you so much!!

That’s wonderful to hear! Nursing is a wonderful profession to get into, but many students often fear they can’t get over basic client care tasks. Let’s be real for a second and admit that yes, these tasks can be “gross”. It does take a lot of will power for someone to care for another person in all aspects besides giving meds or doing assessments etc and not gag or pass out in front of the client. Based on my personal experience, I think you do get used to it with time though. For example, I’m not a squeamish person but I absolutely hate anything to do with phlegm; so, mouth care for me is a nightmare. But I’ve learned ways to overcome it, especially when I worked in a care home facility while I was in nursing school. I also find that my drive to help a client overcomes the “gross factor” of a certain task. Of course, it’s different for everyone. Some tasks, no matter how many times you do them, will still be "gross" to you, and you won’t know until you really get your hands dirty and do them.  But I wouldn’t let the fear of not being able to handle the gross stuff stop you from considering nursing school, much less becoming a nurse. I strongly believe that if you are determined and driven to become one, you can overcome any obstacle.

If possible, I’d try and get in touch with current nursing students and ask how they're handling their clinical rotations. You could also try attending nursing club meetings to express your concerns as a prospective pre-nursing student and ask club officers their experiences. It would also be helpful if you tried maybe talking to nursing school professors, shadowing a nurse or volunteering at your local hospital/medical facility. Other things you could also look into are fb groups or forum type sites like allnurses; you can often find questions and responses from other students who voice the same concerns as you. You'd be surprised by how common "sqeamish nurses" are. But at the end of the day and before ourselves, nurses are dedicated to providing complete client care.

I really hope this was helpful to you to some capacity, anon! I know how worrying the profession of nursing can be, but it is possible to conquer the rigors of applying to nursing school. And what some forget to tell you is that nursing school transforms you. You will learn so much about yourself while you're learning to be a nurse. It's a daunting, stressful, and very scary task, but I assure you it's very worth it. Please feel free to message me with any further questions you may have! I'm open to sharing more of my experiences if interested. Until then, I wish you the best of luck with your endeavors!

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CONGRATS!!! so happy for u ❤️

Thank you so much, anon! <3 

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Do you have an online store?

Hi, anon! Not yet, but I hope to open up one next year. Please look forward to it <3 Thank you for your interest!!

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Hi! do you sell any of your art prints online or do you only sell them at conventions? (Also I love your art so much haha which is mainly the reason I’m asking this)

Hi, anon! As of right now I do not sell my art online. But! I do have a bunch of left over stock from cons I did this year, so I hope to open up a shop sometime next year. I’m crossing my fingers that I can get it up and running (and I’ll do my best to announcement it here when it happens). Thank you so much for your interest in my work. It means a lot to me! <3 

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Hello hello, just dropping by to say that your art is beautiful and that your Free! art is one of my fav 😍😍 Especially the MakoHaru ones, so gorgeous thank you for sharing such beautiful work with the fandom!! 😄😄 Have an amazing day!!

This is too sweet, thank you so much!! I’m happy to hear that others still enjoy my Free!/makoharu work. Have a lovely day and happy holidays! <3